Gynecology and Obstetrics

Obstetrics and gynaecology (or obstetrics and gynecology; often abbreviated to OB/GYN, OBG, O&G or Obs & Gynae) are the two surgical–medical specialties dealing with the female reproductive organs in their pregnant and non-pregnant state, respectively, and as such are often combined to form a single medical specialty and postgraduate training programme. This combined training prepares the practicing OB/GYN to be adept at the surgical management of the entire scope of clinical pathology involving female reproductive organs, and to provide care for both pregnant and non-pregnant patients.

By: National Collaborating Centre for Primary Care (Uk)

Description: Contraception can be divided into two broad categories: hormonal and nonhormonal. There are two categories of hormonal contraception: combined oestrogen and progestogen and progestogen-only. Long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) is defined in this guideline as methods that require administering less than once per cycle or month. Included in the category of LARC are the copper intrauterine devices (nonhormonal) and three progestogen-only methods of cont...

By: Inskeep, E. K.

By: National Collaborating Centre for Women's and Children's Health Uk

Description: This clinical guideline concerns the management of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy and their complications from preconception to the postnatal period. For the purpose of this guideline, ‘pregnancy’ includes the antenatal, intrapartum and

By: Slemons, J. Morris (Josiah Morris), 1876-1948

By: Slemons, J. Morris (Josiah Morris), 1876-1948

Supplemental catalog subcollection information: American Libraries Collection; Historical Literature; Reprinted from the American journal of obstetrics.; Reprinted from the American journal of obstetrics; References: p. [48]-49